Can be from any kind of media.
For me it’s Margot from The Magicians (which is interesting because in the books she is anything but) and Jesse Faden from Control.
Ripley
First who popped into my mind was Friday Jones from Robert A. Heinlein’s Friday.
I love that book.
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No one has mentioned Princess Leia. Does she qualify? She later became a general but I haven’t seen that episode.
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All the characters I recognize in this thread are primarily written by men. That can’t be good. I haven’t seen Barbie though.
On point number two, I mean that’s probably because most industries, especially media, have been dominated by males for decades and are just now having more female presence in the last decade in greater, more pronounced roles and numbers.
Well I mostly meant the characters themselves are male projections as a result. So they are effectively dudes with curves a lot of the time. I’m having trouble thinking of exceptions who aren’t caretaker types like Deanna Troi. I probably don’t read enough contemporary fiction.
That was my thought too. Princess Leia is a complete badass and my first time seeing a woman in that such a depiction on any screen.
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Linda Hamilton - Terminator
I had to say something different, because I would have said Ripley first.
From T2. Sarah Conner from the first movie barely has enough sense to keep herself alive, but boy did she take her short comings seriously between movies.
True. I was speaking generically, but yeah, she was quite fragile in the first.
+1 for each of those, and i’ll add clarice starling, uhura, michael burnham, Evelyn Quan Wang (everything everywhere all at once), helen lyle (candyman)
Susannah Dean and Naomi Nagata
She got that Detta Walker energy
Princess Cimorene from the Enchanted Forest Chronicles
Very good chocolate cake recipe from that series. Very chocolatey.
Mirko from the popular My Hero Academia anime/manga series.
She doesn’t take crap from anyone and fearlessly goes into battle.
Alt: Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
Lara Croft
Lieutenant Ellen Ripley.
Pippi Longstocking
Great answer
Leela from Futurama
Xena Warrior Princess
Cate Blanchett’s portrail of Elizabeth I (who I know was real, but I’m sure there was some creative license with the character).
Buffy. I was the right age (or maybe a bit too young) when it aired and it was the first female-led show that I fell in love with.
